When Miles was looking for Merlin, a person approached him in a red suit with golden dragon designs on it. Inside the suit, the person wore a black shirt. He was looking at Miles with disdain.

“What the hell are you doing here? Came to work as a valet?” Tian Ling asked. There was a beautiful girl in his arms. She was a foxy lady with a revealing dress. She brought her dainty hand in front of her mouth and giggled lightly.

Miles looked at the duo with listless eyes and was ready to walk beside them. He was too lazy to argue with this gobshite. His vain conceit self could wait for a little while more before Miles could deal with him. But like every other smug, he couldn’t take Miles ignoring him.

“I am talking to you, trash! We are not in stronghold anymore, so Quinn cannot protect you. This is not a place you can enter on a whim. Only invited people can enter. I don’t know how you can afford that cheap-looking tuxedo of yours, but I suggest you enter your trash tin thing you call a car and go home before you embarrass yourself anymore.” Tian Ling smirked and ‘warned’ Miles. His finger was pointing at him, and he was about to tap him in the chest. Miles grabbed the finger and squeezed ‘lightly.’

“Argh! Let go of me!” Tian Ling roared silently. Too embarrassed to shout out loud to admit his inferiority.

“Who do you call unworthy?” A female voice arrived from Tian Ling’s back, and Miles let go of his finger. Mae walked by Miles's side in a blue dress. She looked gorgeous.

“Miss Shin.” Tian Ling greeted, “This man is nobody, so he is just a blot on the landscape. I was just helping the Shin family to get rid of this stain.”

“You don’t know who you are talking to, do you?” Mae shook her head helplessly as she looked at Miles ragingly. “Why do you always pretend?”

“I don’t pretend, Mae. I just don’t care what a worthless dog such as that thinks.” Miles shrugged his shoulders and looked at Mae, “You look beautiful.”

Mae and Tian Ling both went red for different reasons. Mae because Miles said she was beautiful, Tian Ling because Miles called him a worthless dog.

“Miss Shin, I don’t care if he is your friend, but since he insulted me I will not accept it.” Tian Ling was raging mad.

“Okay, go ahead. I doubt you can best him, but if you lose and call your guards, I will make sure you are all banned from the auction.” Mae answered without any emotion on her face.

After hearing what she said, Tian Ling froze where he stood. ‘Can I beat this beast?’ He thought, ‘ I can’t. I got a lot stronger, but he has monstrous strength and should be much stronger. My superpower is effective in large areas. In such a small distance, he can appear in front of me in a matter of seconds with his speed. Wouldn’t I be asking for a beating then? But how can I let it go after I start the fight?’

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Lucky for Tian Ling, two people appeared out of nowhere to save him from the quagmire he was sinking. “Quinn, are you here to save your toyboy once again?”

Tian Ling looked at Quinn and asked coldly while secretly sighing in relief. He was just glad she appeared to give him an excuse to withdraw. But he ignored one simple thing. He forgot to take a closer look at the person she was walking with.

When he did, he felt the world was crumbling on him. He felt his spine was turning mushy, and he couldn’t breathe. He was a dragon, his ancestors were dragons, but in front of a pair of eyes, he felt like a worthless worm.

“M-Merlin Cross?” He could hardly utter.

Merlin walked in front of Tian Ling with a frown and slapped his face lightly, but loudly. “You say what?”

Tian Ling was angry. His blood was boiling with rage, but he couldn’t muster his courage to look up. He didn’t dare to look Merlin in the eye. He heard rumors lately and knew Merlin and Quinn were a couple. He deserved the slap by insulting Quinn in front of Merlin.

“I am sorry for my offense. I wasn’t thinking straight, because Quinn was helping that thrash every time we had a disagreement. I thought she was here to protect him once again.” Tian Ling apologized silently. Merlin looked at Miles and pointed at him, “This thrash?” Tian Ling nodded.

It wasn’t Tian Ling’s fault to not recognize Miles. Miles was low profile all his life because he didn’t have a superpower. He left the school where rich kids went and enrolled in public school. He also never showed up in gatherings held by influential families. All in all, he was as low profile as he could be.

After he arrived at the stronghold, he rented a regular room. He was poor and he was hunting with weapons worth nothing and wore armor worth nothing. When he was fighting with Porseila and others, his powers weren’t remarkable.

Of course, after two conflicts, Tian Ling learned his name and last name, but Cross wasn’t a rare surname, to begin with. He never ever thought that unseemingly poor boy was the youngest son of the General Cross, Cruel Heart. Son of Major General Cross, Malcolm, son of top scientist of Unity, Evelyn, brother of young star of the army, Merlin and brother of the Witch of Elements, Marcela.

Any of these identities would scare any person heard shitless. But Miles wasn't letting people know, nor was he acting like it. He refused to take a privileged room in the stronghold, he had no orb weapon nor armor, and he looked poorer than a homeless person. Which he was when they first met. It would be weirder if Tian Ling found out his origins.

“Do you know who this trash is? What his name is?” Merlin was still pointing at Miles and was calling him trash on purpose. Miles rolled his eyes, while Mae and Quinn giggled.

“He is not anyone important. His name is Miles Cros—” Tian Ling looked at Merlin, his eyes wide open. Realization struck him and made his back go cold. He looked at Miles's face and eyes. ‘Same eyes.’

“Yo-You are?” Tian Ling looked at Miles and asked with a stutter.

“Let’s go.” Miles shook his head and walked by frozen Tian Ling. He was too lazy to deal with this conceit prick. Merlin looked at Tian Ling with a smile and walked with Miles, while Mae and Quinn caught up at the back. They both had schadenfreude in their eyes while looking at Tian Ling.

Even the girl beside Tian Ling left his side and left him frozen in the parking lot.